Neutering / hip dysplasia?

[Vlad]

Hello guys! So my boy is diagnosed with hip dysplasia and he’s 1 year old but he has lots of allergie issues hip dysplasia and i plan to neuter him around 2 years old because 1 i don’t intend to breed him and 2 lots of non spayed females in the neighbourhood and i dont want anyone in the future to deal with non healthy pups because my guy jumped the fence but i am concerned if neutering will affect his hip dysplasia. Im looking in internet for any info but i dont seem to find any so i thought id ask here. Do any of you guys have any knowledge if neutering him after 2 years old will affect his hip dysplasia for worse? Plus i plan on getting a female when hes 2 years old but if it will make his hip dysplasia worse ill have to rethink everything…

 

[Ravenbird]

After they completely grow out, the neutering should not affect his hips. Very wise of you to wait to give his bone the best chance of growing correctly. I don't think it will make any hip problems better, but neutering him now can surely hurt as the most affected bones are the long bones in the legs.

 

[JanS]

Very wise of you to wait to give his bone the best chance of growing correctly. I don't think it will make any hip problems better, but neutering him now can surely hurt as the most affected bones are the long bones in the legs.

I totally agree here.

I'm curious if his parents had their hips tested before breeding and if they were, what the results were.

 

[Vlad]

I totally agree here.

I'm curious if his parents had their hips tested before breeding and if they were, what the results were.

I got him from a breeder in serbia and when i asked : my puppy is limping his answer was they do that because they are smart dogs and act like they are in pain so you pet them and feed them more. With that answer i thought… well im f…. And im never asking the guy again for anything lol. So i didnt continue further questioning as that answer told me everything I needed for that person unfortunately

 

[Vlad]

I just read this article rn that it says for male dobermans is better to be neutered at 1 yo soooo much infoooooo not corresponding to each other

 

[Ravenbird]

I just read this article rn that it says for male dobermans is better to be neutered at 1 yo soooo much infoooooo not corresponding to each other

Keep reading down on that same article and you will find this chart by breeds. States best for Doberman males to be left intact, for females leave intact until 2 years.

 

[Vlad]

Keep reading down on that same article and you will find this chart by breeds. States best for Doberman males to be left intact, for females leave intact until 2 years.

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Im doomed

 

[strykerdobe]

I just read this article rn that it says for male dobermans is better to be neutered at 1 yo soooo much infoooooo not corresponding to each other

Well Neuter/Spay can also increase the risk of some aggressive cancers. You can also look into alternatives for Neuter/Spay. Vasectomy for males and a modified spay for females. So, they get to keep their hormones. These are important hormones.

 

[Kaiser2016]

I think this article explains it well:

Best Age to Neuter a Male Dog - Whole Dog Journal

The best age to neuter a male dog is when it reaches full skeletal maturity. This can vary with large dogs taking longer to reach adult size.

www.whole-dog-journal.com

There are numerous other articles on the same site that you can read if you want additional information.

 

[Ravenbird]

Im doomed

No, just stick to your plan of neutering at 2. For him to already showing signs of HD, I would take normal bone growth & development as the most important thing to do for him. If you have a vet that will do a vasectomy that's another choice, he will act just like an intact dog but not be able to impregnate a female. And that said you will have to treat him like an intact male and make him mind his manners, which you'll be doing anyway until he turns two.

 

[Vlad]

The problem is that some sites say if you neuter after 2 yo you lower the chances for bones problems but rises the chances for other cancers and some sites say if neuter at 1 yo lowers the chances of other cancers but maybe his bones are not fully completed and im just scared if ill make a mistake waiting or not waiting till 2 i just dont wanna hurt my boy …

 

[JanS]

Opinions are going to vary depending where you look but the general consensus is to wait until they're 2 with this breed. We had our last boy done after he was 2 and he lived until he was almost 11 when DCM took him.

 

[Vlad]

Do you own a male or a female now?

Opinions are going to vary depending where you look but the general consensus is to wait until they're 2 with this breed. We had our last boy done after he was 2 and he lived until he was almost 11 when DCM took him.

 

[JanS]

Do you own a male or a female now?

Both

 

[Kaiser2016]

The problem is that some sites say if you neuter after 2 yo you lower the chances for bones problems but rises the chances for other cancers and some sites say if neuter at 1 yo lowers the chances of other cancers but maybe his bones are not fully completed and im just scared if ill make a mistake waiting or not waiting till 2 i just dont wanna hurt my boy …

You'd be surprised at how easy it is to keep an intact male. I heard all sorts of claims about neutering making the dog calm down and eat less, but this isn't always the case. Once we made it to 2, we ended up deciding to not neuter at all. Kaiser is now 7.5 years old and has calmed down somewhat with maturity, still eats the same amount which we vary based on his exercise that day. He did develop some prostate issues for which the vet suggested the simple solution of neutering, but we went with alternative treatments to manage the prostate and it is working so far. Since you're getting a female in the future, you could consider spaying her at 2, but then you'd have to make provisions to keep her away from him during heats.

 

[Vlad]

Both

Did you neuter/spay?

 

[JanS]

Not our current two. It's in our breeders contract that they can't be done until they're two.

 

[Rits]

With your boy already having bone issues, I would not neuter until he was 2 to give him the best chance of being as comfortable as possible with HD. Keeping a male intact is relatively low risk compared to a female. Females the big risk is mammary tumors which is greatly reduced if spayed before or shortly after their first cycle. But there are far greater risks to not letting them get all the necessary hormones and spaying before they are 2. The typical issues you'd see with an intact male would be tumors, in which case they remove the testicles. The other is prostate cancer which doesn't show until around 9 years of age anyways, and is only a 1% chance.